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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play Van Halen hits with ex-VH bassist Michael Anthony
By Janelle Borg published
Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt’s side-project, The Coverups, also covered Kiss, Nirvana, and David Bowie this past weekend

“Ran into an old friend”: Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael Anthony meet up for the first time in 20 years
By Matt Parker published
The two Van Halen bassists reunited at Mammoth WVH’s recent show in Las Vegas

“The music we created is going to outlive us all. It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can”: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony announce The Best of All Worlds – the next best thing to a Van Halen tribute tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though not explicitly a tribute, Hagar promises that the summer 2024 trek will feature a very Van Halen-heavy setlist

Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup
By Matt Owen published
Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

Michael Anthony confirms there is a huge archive of unreleased Van Halen material
By Matt Parker published
The band’s former bassist says “there’s a lot more stuff” in storage at EVH’s 5150 studio, including extensive live archives

Watch Phil X jam Van Halen's Somebody Get Me a Doctor with Michael Anthony
By Jackson Maxwell published
The onstage jam took place shortly after the one-time Van Halen bassist alluded to a new project with the Bon Jovi guitarist and a mysterious "really, really cool singer” in an interview with Eddie Trunk

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony teases new band with Bon Jovi guitarist, Aerosmith drummer and “a really, really cool singer”
By Matt Parker published
Phil X and Aerosmith live drummer John Douglas are involved, but who’s the mystery vocalist?

Sammy Hagar on his all-time favorite Van Halen album, and why Michael Anthony's bass playing is better than ever on The Circle's new album, Crazy Times
By Andrew Daly published
The former Van Halen frontman says The Circle's musical chemistry was so potent the band recorded “two songs a day and were partying by 5 o'clock”

Michael Anthony: Why Live At Leeds is one of the best live albums of all time
By Nick Wells published
Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony pays tribute to John Entwistle and The Who's Live at Leeds

Sammy Hagar and the Circle announce new album, Crazy Times, and share the hard-rocking title track
By Jonathan Horsley published
Produced by Dave Cobb in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A, and also featuring the Red Rocker’s fellow Van Halen alum Michael Anthony on bass, Crazy Times is out September 30
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